Aversa, the first buildings that capture water are ready to fight waste and drought. The first projects to store and stock rainwater to fight waste and summer drought.
While concerns about the overall water situation are growing and urgent measures to turn off household taps in order to limit drinking water consumption are multiplying, there are those who have been working for some time on alternative sources and the development of efficient practices that lead to a 50% drinking water saving.
Solutions that if replicated, becoming the norm and not the exception, could prove to be lifesaving especially during the summer, a period in which, punctually, the system enters into crisis and reveals all its flaws, sending an already delicate mechanism haywire.
Good practices do exist, they can be a great relief in periods of greater demand and over-exploitation and can set an example.
In Aversa, the “water revolution” is underway. The new buildings capture rainwater. The Cecere Management group is introducing this virtuous innovation, developing and testing the first buildings capable of conveying first rainwater into tanks commensurate with specific needs, useful for storing water to be stored at the right time without costs on the bill.
The technology
The systems, installed during the design phase, include the collection of white water (or rainwater) that falls mainly from roofs through gutters and drainpipes and allow the accumulation of a low-cost water resource, ideal for the most common uses.
Specifically, the buildings that the Cecere group is working on will allow the collection of over 15 thousand liters of rainwater for irrigation and cleaning of courtyard areas, toilet cisterns - which alone waste about 10 liters of water with each flush - and, with subsequent tests, the technology could be extended to other consumptions that threaten supplies.
“The problem, explains the company's CEO Yari Cecere, is that in Italy the water used for urban use is all excellent quality drinking water. We have been working on projects focused on the circular management of water resources for some time, the next goal will be to scale up these results and reach 100% coverage of non-drinking water consumption”.
Article published on 26 July 2022 - 15:34
